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Tag Archives: Consumerism
What happened to individual empowerment in the internet age?
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Apple Computer’s 1984 Superbowl commercial—one of the most iconic television commercials ever made—announced two things: the introduction of the Macintosh computer and that this computer could in some fashion allow each of us to escape … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Health, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged addiction, Attention, Consumerism, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, Internet, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, psychology, Smartphones, social control, Social Media, society, Sociology, Surveillance Society, Technocracy, technology
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Our Vanishing World: Rainforests
By Robert J. Burrowes Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth’s biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth’s climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth’s hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, biofuels, Biosphere, Cattle, Consumerism, culture, ecosystems, environment, Global Elites, Jair Bolsonaro, junk foods, Logging, mining, Philosophy, rainforest destruction, Rainforests, society, Sociology, vegetable oils
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Saturday Matinee: Fight Club
Fight Club: A philosophical analysis Alter ego, consumerism, identity, anarchy, masculinity, order and chaos. By DM Source: blastingnews Based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel of the same name, a film that was initially a commercial failure is now widely considered a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Philosophy, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Chaos, Chuck Palahniuk, Consumerism, Cult film, Fight Club, Order, Philosophy
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The Limited Mind: Why Fear is Driving Humanity to Extinction
By Robert J. Burrowes I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Big Pharma, Consumerism, Education, Emotions, environment, Extinction, fear, Health, pharmaceutical industry, psychology, Socialization, Sustainability, Violence, war
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HOW THE AMERICAN CULTURE OF CONVENIENCE IS KILLING US
By Daisy Luther Source: Waking Times In the United States, we are lucky to have massive convenience at our fingertips. I was talking to one of the instructors for the urban survival course, who is from Sweden, on a car … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Consumerism, culture, Environment, GMOs, Health, society, Technology
Tagged Amazon, American Culture, Consumerism, Convenience, Corporations, Economics, Exercise, Food, Food System, GMOs, Health, Junk Food, obesity, Physical Fitness, Processed Foods, technology, USDA, Walking
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Surgical Totalitarianism
By Dan Corjescu Source: Dissident Voice You don’t have to control everything to be in total control. In the modern world this seeming paradox is a systemic reality. In the past, classic totalitarian governments sought to literally control every aspect of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, imperialism, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Authoritarianism, Consumerism, Control, empire, Entertainment, geopolitics, Hierarchy, imperialism, social control, society, surveillance state, technology, Totalitarianism
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Why Activists Fail
By Robert J. Burrowes Despite enormous ongoing effort over more than a thousand years, during and since the formation and shaping of the modern world, and as the number of issues being contested has steadily increased, activists of many types … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, Consumerism, Ecology, Gandhi, geopolitics, Giants: The Global Power Elite, Global Elite, Nonviolent Action, peter phillips, Philosophy, psychology, Sociology, Strategy, Violence, war
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Degrowth: closing the global wealth divide
Contradicting the dominant paradigm that economic growth equals development, degrowth theorists argue that serious cutbacks are crucial to protect life on our planet. By Riccardo Mastini Source: ROAR Today, some 4.3 billion people — more than 60 percent of the … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Oligarchy, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged capital flight, Climate Change, Colonialism, Consumerism, Consumption, Corporate Globalization, Degrowth, developing countries, Development, economic inequality, Economics, global development, Global Footprint Network, Global North, Global South, Globalization, Growth, Human Population, IMF, Jason Hickel, Multinational Corporations, Natural Resources, NGOs, Poverty, Progress, Sustainability, The Divide, The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and Its Solutions, Trade Agreements, trade misinvoicing, World Bank
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